"I said..." Xi Yao's tone was calm, even with a slight smile, "I can make something better than organ regeneration and repair agents, something that can extend lifespan. I can also make drugs to treat cancer, so that some cancers are no longer terminal."

"That's impossible!"

Cao Ruisheng practically shouted it out, his voice echoing through the office.

He walked around the desk, taking three steps at a time, and stood in front of Xi Yao, looking down at her, his breathing becoming heavier:

"Do you know what you're saying? Conquering cancer? This is a problem that the world's top laboratories and brightest minds have been researching for hundreds of years without being able to completely solve! You..."

He suddenly stopped, as if he had thought of something, and his eyes became complicated.

Those mechs, those materials, those things that completely surpass the current level of technology, weren't they all made by this young girl in front of us?

"Are you serious?" His voice lowered, with a hint of cautious inquiry.

"Dean Cao, I never joke." Xi Yao said calmly, looking up at him. "I can provide the manufacturing methods for the mecha and those materials. How could I be joking?"

For someone who has been in the cultivation world and knows alchemy, producing these things is incredibly easy.

Cao Ruisheng was stunned.

After a long while, he took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, forcing himself to calm down.

Cao Ruisheng turned around, picked up the chair that had fallen over, and sat down again.

But he didn't know where to put his hands, so he clenched them into fists and placed them on his knees.

"Can those medicines you mentioned really be made?"

"It's already done."

A seemingly casual remark exploded like a bomb in Cao Ruisheng's mind.

"It's...it's already done?!" he repeated, his voice slightly unsteady.

Xi Yao nodded, reached into her bag and took out two palm-sized glass bottles, placing them on the coffee table.

One contained a dozen or so pale blue pills, and the other contained many milky white capsules; both looked quite ordinary.

"The blue one functions similarly to the organ regeneration and repair agent, but its effect is more than ten times that of the blue one. It repairs faster and has no side effects. The cost is only some plant extracts from starfish, so there is no need for mermaids at all."

Xi Yao pointed to the bottle on the left, then to the right, "This one is effective for early and mid-stage cancers of the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, and other organs, with an efficacy rate of over 99%."

Even in later stages, it can extend lifespan by five to ten years and maintain quality of life.

"..."

Cao Ruisheng stared at the two bottles, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down.

He tried to speak, but found that his throat felt like it was blocked by something.

After a long while,

Cao Ruisheng slowly got up and walked to the coffee table. He carefully picked up the two bottles, brought them close to his eyes, and examined them from all angles.

"This...this really can be done?" he murmured, as if asking Xi Yao, or perhaps asking himself.

"Have someone take it for testing and experimentation, and you'll know," Xi Yao said. "Since I dared to take it out, I'm not afraid of verification."

Cao Ruisheng looked up at her.

The girl in front of me, who was not yet thirty, still had a touch of naivety in her features, but her eyes were like a calm lake, without a ripple.

He suddenly felt old.

So old that I can no longer understand this world.

"Wait a minute, let me catch my breath."

Cao Ruisheng gently placed the bottle on the table, returned to his chair, leaned back, closed his eyes, and vigorously rubbed his temples.

The office fell silent.

Xi Yao didn't urge him, but calmly sipped her tea.

Five minutes passed before Cao Ruisheng opened his eyes and sat up straight.

"Okay, I believe you." His voice was much firmer, but the light in his eyes was even brighter. "If these things are really as you say, there will be absolutely no problem with legislation in Xia Kingdom."

"Don't even mention banning the capture of mermaids, I can even take down the entire group that conducts mermaid experiments!"

He paused, then frowned again: "However, it will be difficult to get the whole world to approve it. Those countries, especially those that are at odds with us, will definitely hold us back. Mermaid research involves too many interests; it's not something that can be easily given up."

"Then give them even greater benefits."

Xi Yao's tone was indifferent, showing no sign of taking it seriously.

"What benefits can compare to..."

Cao Ruisheng suddenly stopped speaking.

He stared wide-eyed at Xi Yao.

Meeting his gaze, Xi Yao smiled and said, "As long as they are willing to agree to the legislation, in addition to the medicines I just mentioned, I can also provide them with the chip and material manufacturing methods for this mecha."

"No!"

Cao Ruisheng almost jumped up.

Unsurprisingly, the chair tipped over again.

"Absolutely not!" His face changed drastically. "Xiao Xi, do you know what you're saying? Those things are something Xia Country has just mastered; they're the most advanced technology in the world right now! These are national treasures, and they absolutely cannot be revealed! Absolutely not!"

"Dean Cao, please don't be in such a hurry." Xi Yao remained seated, her smile unchanged. "What do you think of this mecha?"

"How is it?" Cao Ruisheng was taken aback, and subconsciously replied, "It's a revolutionary product! Whether it's mobility, defense, or firepower, it crushes all existing mechs!"

Our experts have assessed that currently, no country in the world can manufacture something that can match it!

"What if I said..." Xi Yao slowly dropped the bombshell, "that this mecha, in my eyes, is just the most basic, lowest-spec 1.0 version?"

Cao Ruisheng was stunned again.

"I can even build version 2.0 and 3.0," Xi Yao said with extreme confidence. "Their performance and combat capabilities will be more than five times that of the current version. By then, do you think we'll still need to worry about others getting the data on version 1.0?"

The office fell into a deathly silence once again.

Cao Ruisheng stood still, motionless, as if he had been frozen in place.

He looked at Xi Yao, his mouth opening and closing repeatedly, but he couldn't utter a single word.

More than five times?

Is it still the most basic 1.0?

So what exactly is in her head?

He has lived for over sixty years and considers himself to have seen many storms and experienced countless shocking moments.

But today, right here in this office, his worldview was completely shattered again and again.

"You..." he began with difficulty, "How much more do you know that the world doesn't?"

Is this still a human brain?

Xi Yao smiled but did not answer.

Cao Ruisheng stared at her intently for a long time, then suddenly sighed, bent down to help the chair up, and sat down again.

"Okay." His voice carried a sense of resignation, as if he had given up. "I'll believe whatever you say, but Xiao Xi, you have to get these things out first before I can convince those people up there."

"Words are meaningless; you know those people up there, they won't act until they see results."

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